The Huron Expositor, 1877-07-13, Page 44
THE AURON ExP6siTort.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Bargains—A. 6. McDougall & Co.
Clearing Sale—Waddell& Co.
Great Reduction—Duncan & Duncan.
Great Genuine Sale at Dent's.
Remnants—Logan & Jamieson.
Voters List—Township of Tuckersmith.
Tenders Wanted—Alex. Delgaty.
Teacher Wanted --John Shaw.
Auction Sale—H. Cardiff.
Property for Sale—A. Strong.
House for Sale—Dr. ApPleton.
Property for Sale— M. Burling.
Tenders Wanted—W. J. Hayward.
*non xpooitor,
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, JULY13, 1877.
Summer Vacations.
Considerable complaint _is, now made,
mainly in rural districts, regarding the
length of the summer vacations of our
public schools. According to recent re-
gulations the vacation at Easter has been
done away with, both in town and coun-
try. This was a step in the right direc-
tion, and is approved of by teachers,
parents and trustees alike. There will,
however, be considerable more difference
of opinion respecting the propriety of
shortening the summer vacation. In
towns and the lager villages, where thej
schools are so convenient that allI
can easily attend both in summer'
and winter,' we do not think- it
would be advisable to make any change.
In country districts, circumstances are
different. Here the children are not so
convenient to schools, and, as a conse-
quence, many of the smaller ones, owing
to severe weather and bad roads, can
only attend school tlurilig the summer
months. When, therefore,- the summer
holidays extend over a period of six
weeks, a very considerable portion of the
time which these children are able to'at_
tend is wasted. This is what the people
complain of. Their children can only
- attend school during summer, and under
existing regulations the very best part of
that available season is devoted to holi-
days. The same grievance exists, al-
though not to so great an extent, in win-
ter. Many scholars are required to as-
sist on the farm in summer, and have
only the winter months to devote to
study. This being, the case, every mo-
ment is precious, and., consequent-
ly, thel vacation atj the commence-
r:dent of the yrr is looked upon as so
much waste time. In fact, we do not
know but it would be advantageous if
the vacations both in summer and win-
ter, especially in rural districts, were
considerably shortened.- I Three weeks in
summer and one week in winter, would
answer all requirements very well. If
this change were made, the smaller pu-
pils would have the benefit of three
weeks tuition, which they do not now
get, and the larger ones one week. As
it now is, the smaller scholars forget dur-
ing the long holidays almost as
much as they have learned between
the time they begin going to school
in the spring and the vacation, and.
as soon as they commence to . learn
and get well on with their studies after
the holidays, the roads get bad. and they
have again to leave, so that, unless they
are taught at home between times, they
make but little progress, as a great
part of what they learn at school
they forget when away. It would
be well if the Minister of Educa-
tion would take this matter into con-
sideration, and if a change such as that
suggested were made, we. are sure it
would meet with the approval of a very
large iumber of thase interested,, and re-
sult beneficially as well.
The Opposition Papers and the
Clinton Pic-Nic.
It is somewhat anausieg to witness the
wriggling, twisting and stretching of the
Opposition papers in their vain attempts
to belittle the great Reform -demonstra-
tion held in Clinton last week. Do
their best, they can't get over the large
attendance. The very lowest they can
possibly bring this to, is 6,000, and only
one, so far as we have Seep, has a con-
science sufficiently eIastie to permit it
to set the number in attendance even so
low, while the majority ate forced to ad-
mit that there must have been 10,000.
Being unable with any degree of de-
cency or regardefor truth to bring the
attendance down to a number which
would make it appear the demonstra-
tion was unsuccessful, they console their
troubled minds by affecting to believe
that there was a lack of enthusiasm- .
The town was not sufficiently decorated,
the seats were too common, and the
cheers were not as loud as they should
have been to please the fastidious tastes
of these gentry. For these reasons they
say the demonstration twits a failure.
Well, eo be it, If it affords our esteem-
ed, although we believe delhded, oppon-
ents any comfort to cherish the belief,
that because the Reformers of this coun-
ty had mere good sense than to expend
hundreds ' of dollars in erecting arches
and other frivolous adornments for the
pleasure of looking at them for a few
hours and. then destroying them; or, be-
caute they did not make beasts of bur-
den of themselves, or declined. to yell
themselves hoarse in response to a sig-
nal by the chairman, as some of the Op-
positionists are in the habit of doing on
such occasions, there was a lack of en-
thusiasm on the part of Reformers, then
we do not wish to deprive them of the
comfort which such belief brings to them.
Our opinion was, and still is, that the
people were inv ted to Clintom not to
witness superfici 1 adornments ,or to test
the strength of heir lung, but 'to listen
to a discussion o the political ciluestions
of the day by t ose who are ow man-
aieng the public affairs of the c?untry for
th people. Th s, also, we believe Ito be
th view which large majorityof those
aseembled took f the object of, the meet-
ing. Those wh came for this purpose
were certainly ot disappointed;1 as it is
the almost t niversal verdict that
speeches more ble, eloquent and con:
vincing than th se delivered by Messrs
Mackenzie, El ntington, Moat anal
Pardee have sel om been listened to in
this Province. Had the display been
•
greater; and t e speeches less effective,
we have no doubt but those who are
now finding so much fault would have
been vastly b tter pleased. liowever,
we are safe in ying that a very large
majority of ti ose who atteaded the
demonstration vere better satisfied with
it as it was.
W. B. O'Do
minio
At a Conser
days ago at M
olics of that di
A. Maedonald
dress from whi
tract :
"The contra
tration of the I
rary, and unjus
read. The har
measures adopt
ist, Professor
him to perpet
he is more guilt
ors thars Riel—
because he is a
Catholic. All
ministration of
that you will 1
j stice done to
Professor O'Do
It is strange
tion the most
quently made a
ernnaent. Th
striking exem
Government is 1
istering the affa
rarily and unju
to extend to O'l
oghue lind the Do-
GOvE*.ament.
ative pic-nic held some
rkham a few Irish Cath-
trict presented Sir John
ith a complimentary ad -
h the following is an ex-
,
t of the present adrninis-
ws is so marked, ad arbit-
that he who runs may
h, unjust and vindictive
d towards our co -religion -
'Donoghue, condemning
al banishment—not that
of crimes or misdemean-
s simply, as we believe,
Irishman and a Roman -
hat we desire is a fair ad -
he lavts of the land, and
nd us your aid in having
ards our co -religionist;
oghue."
pon What slight founda-
serious charges are fre-
ainst the Dominion Gov -
above extract gives a'
ificatioh of this. The
ere chargedeavith admin-
rs of be country arbit-
tly,because they refused
onogime the same privil-
eges of aninesty that they did to 'iel and
Lepine. Now is only necessary to un-
derstand the ircumstances connected
with this matte to see at a glance the
absurdity and njusthess of the charge.
As will be rem mbered by our readers,
Rid, Lepine and O'Donoghue were im-
plicated in the urderjof Thomas Scott,
and were also ti e main instigators of the
trouble in the Torthwest. So soon as
the Canadian G vernment secured pos-
session of the te ritory, the persons above
named became fugitives, and dare not
1
openly appear o British soil. Thus far
the three were pretty' much on a par.
But shortly aft r the establishment of
Canadian autho ty in Manitoba a Fenian
raid from the A erican side was institu-
ted. Here O'D noghue and his ce-rebel-
lionists part co ripany. The former was
the chief instiga or and the leader in the
Fenian raid; t e two latter at the re-
quest of the Lie t tenant -Governor of the
Province, not only took up arms them-
selves, but rall'ed their old followers,
over whom they had great influence, in
the defence of t e Province, and against
O'Donoghue and his Fenian horde. The
invading Fenias army was, of course,
driven back, se eral of them being ar-
rested. O'Donoehue and another named
Letendre were
the American si
latter on the Ca
although no wo
the former, was
the former, owi
his having been
ican side of the
In 1875 the Do
measure passed
a general amnes
Manitoba troubl
ment of Caned'
eluding Rid l an
ty for a time, an
This action it m
taken long after
raid, but the am
fenders against
before the Gov
posession of it.
who presented
plain of is that
Reil and Lepine
after a certain p
does not exten
O'Donoghue.
Fenian raid anc
the several parti
be well grounde
oghue was a par
which bad he be
been hanged ash
while Rid l and
against, but in
Had O'Donoghu
Fenian raid be
same footing as
have been treat
having engaged
for participating
hanged, it woul
pardon him.
treated in precis
Rid l and Lepine,
the Government
having added t
armed force agaii
itoba,in 1874, to
mitted in conjun
pine. It will be
tion that the
could not have b
rrested, the former on
e of the line, and the
adian side. The latter,
se in point of guilt than
tried and hanged, while
g simpry to the fact of
arrested on the Amer -
me had to be liberated.
inion Government had a
n Parliament extending
y to all concerned in the
s prior to the establish -
an authority there, ex-'
Lepine from the amnes-
O'Donoghue altogether.
st be remembered, was
the date of the Fenian
• esty applied only to of -
he peace of the country
• rnment secured actual
Now, what the parties
he above address corn -
the amnesty permitted
to rettirn to the country
riod of banishment, but
the same privilege to
it had not been for the
, the part taken inl it by
s, this complaint would
,but at that time O'Does
icipatator in a crime for
en caught he would have
s comrade Letendre was,
!
Lepine took part not
efence of the country.
,not been engaged in the
ould have been on the
1
he other two, and would
d as they were. But
'n the Fenian raid, and 1
ia which one man was'
not surely be just to
f O'Donoghue was not
ly the same manner as
it was not the fault of
but was owing to his
e crime of leading an
st the Province of Man -
he others which he com-
tion with Riel and Le -
seen from this explana-
eatment of O'Donoghue
en any more liberal than
. .
it was without 'doing a gross injustice and.
wrong,and that the course of the Govern..
ment towards him was not vindictiVe,and
the fact of his being less leniently treat-
ed than the other two was not because
he was "an Irishman and a Roman.Cath-
olic," but because he was a greaaer of-
fender.
News of the Week.
SAALED. —Theodore Tilton sailed for
Europe last week. 1 '
TWIN CANARIES. I—'A Port Jervis
canary has hatched twins from one egg.
'They are small but lively.
LocusTa—Swarms, of red legged lo-
custs are devastating portions of Oak-
land and Ionia counties, Michigan. The
farmers are cutting down the crepe to
save them.
THE PRESIDENT'S SOUTHERN TOUR. —
President Hayes will visit White Sul-
phur Springs for a few days in July or
August, and contemplates no other
Southern trip.
the pre -
PRACTICAL PRIZE. —Among
miums awarded at a school examination
in Lancaster, Penn., Was a $5 gold piece
to Miss Grace Mueneh for the Most skil-
1
ful darning of stockings.
A BOLD CLAIMANT. —The Cciuntess
Laurette Lambertini, .whol asserts that
she is the natural &tighter of the late
Cardinal Antoneli, has commenced an ac-
tion claiming the whole of his property,
which is estimated at many millions of
francs.
AN EorroR Hann -wetter-an, 01.
Daniel Deckhart, editor of the ece ler
Express, Danville, Virginia, was badly
horse -whipped a few days ago by a prem-
inent citizen named P. Whitefietd,on
acCount of an I article published by
Deck.hart.
CATTLE DYING FROM HEAT.—Ai tele-
gram from the quarantine stea,re er at
New Orleans says : The weather' s ex-
tremely hot. One an lost 22 head of
cattle, and another 30 hogs and six miles
from the heat. Many cattle are dying
from the heat in that neighborhood.
CREOSOTING TIMBER. —At Pascagoula,
Louisiana, there are extensive works for
creosoting timber, which is done by first
expelling the sap by steam, and then
giving the wood a bath in "dead oil,"
strongly impregnated with creos te;
Bt -
sides doubling the durability o the tim-
ber, it protects it from ship worms,
A HETERODOX PAS'EoR.—T e Presby-
tery of Newark, New Jersey, lately
adopted a resolution requesting Relv.Mr.
Lee' Presbyterian, to resign his pastor -1
ate and, cease preaching the p4nliar doc-
trine of dirept communication with God,
and Christi ii perfection, and to discon-
tinue his holiness meetings.
CANAL RECEIPTS. --The New York
canal tolls for June show a reduction of
$106,000 over the receipts in June last
year. The decrease in the entire toile
this season is about two hundred thous-
and. dollars. The total receipts for this
year will be about $900,000, while $1,-
260,000 are absolutely requisite for
maintenance and repairs. I
HAIL STOR*. —A heavy hailstorm in
New, York State On the 6th inst. did a
great amount of damage in esome 'parts.
It followed t tract a mile wide through
the town of Rodman. The damage in
this town alone is $20,000. In 'Retland
village the church was badly damaged,
and the windows on. the south side 'of all
buildings were broken.
i' 1 - ,
MARKETS IN IRELAND.— I,r,nc) number
of -black cattle, &c., offered for- Sale at
Belfast market on Tuesday, 3rd inst.,
)amounted to 151 black cattle, 104 eheep,
and 4 calves; total'amount of Istock,
259. Prices : Beef, 1st quality, from 8d
to 9d. per pound; 1second quality,' 7d to
8d per pound; muttton, 9d to -9d;
lambs, from 25s to 37s 6d each.
PRODUCE EXPORT.--SiX steamers sail-
ed from New York for Europe last Sat-
urday taking a large quantity of pro-
duce including 8,000 packages of butter,
51,000 boxes of cheese, 700 live sheep,
50 live cattle, 211,000 bushels of grain,
2,400 boxes of bacon, 500 tierces of beef,
2,200 quarters and 400 tons of fresh beef,
3,300 barrels of sugar, 2,500 eases of
canned goods, etc.
WHOLESALE POISONING. —At Typton,
in Missouri, last week, six persons were
given poison in milk while eating! their
breakfast. The unfortunates are C. C.
McLay, wife and baby, Mrs. R. L. Mc-
Culloch and baby, ofs Helena, Montana
Territory, and Mrs. Brown. All are in a
critical condition, without hope of re-
covery., A negro woman is suspected,
and is; in jail. -,
RIVALRY. — Two Philadelphia firms
dealing in millinery had a battle -royal
last week, herein by the one hanging out
a placard, "Ladies' hats that cost $6 a
dozen, selling for 25 cents." The rival
house promptly announced the same hats
at 181, and in a few minutes, by falls, to
15, 1 ; 5, and 4, the price of hate came
down to 1 cent. It was very much like
an old time passenger, war by two wes-
tern railroads. 1 ,
SUMMARY VENGEANCE. -- MiSt Had-
lock, of Newport, Vermont, met the
street a man who had, circulated deroga-
tory stories about her. She had pre-
pared herself for the occasion. First shes
took pepper from a pocket and threw it
in his eyes. Secondly, she ;took a raw-
hide from her bustle and struck him sev-
eral times" with it. Thirdly, she took a
rottee egg from a hand bag and smashed
it in.his face. I
DANCING CoNDEmNED. —The General
,
Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
in the Southern States has square-
ly condemned all kinds of dancing.
One of the resolutions says : "Some
forms of this amusement are more
mischievous than others,, the round
dance than the, square, the public ball
than the private party, but none of them
are good, and all are evil and should be
discountenanced." 1
POINT OF LAW. —The case of Hawes,
the defaulting treasurer of Covington,
Kentucky, extradited from ; _London,
Canada, for forgery, but acquitted of
that criraie, came up at Kent County,
Kentucky, last week. Hawes' counsel
held that he could only be tried for the
effence for which he was extradited, and
must accordingly be returned to Canada.
By request of Secretary Everts, repre-
sentative, the matter was postponed un-
til August. A nice point of ;interna-
tional law is involved.
PRIZE, FOR IN'VENTION'.---A valuable
prize medal is offered through the So-
ciety of Arts, London, for apy disclovery,
invention, or newly devised' method for
obviating or materially diminishing any
risk to life, limb, or health, incide tal to
any of the industrial occnpation and
4
not previously capable of being so obvi-
ated or diminished by any know and
practically available means. Th first
reward is to be made next May. A full
description of the invention or process'
must be given, and illustrated if neces-
sary by models, drawings, specimens,
1
1
1 1 na
etc. if the ivention or process is in
actual work the 'fact is 'to be stated, in
order that examination may at once be
made. In case a Sufficient n.1 mber of
objects are sent in for competi n there
will be a public exhibition of the Most
valuable invention.
RUSSIAN TRAINED NURSES. —They are
training Red Press nurses, both men and
women, at 4, rapid rate, in Russia.
More than I three hundred girls
and women have been , selected
as nurses already in St. Petersburg.
hey have attended lectures, and been
t ained in nersing and the dressing of
• ounds. The Government ge've them
c rtificates, and. sent them to the front.
he correspondent of the London (Traph•
i says that these Russian nurse e are far
s perior to the male nurses, "nct only in
ursing, but in temperance, e ergy, ac-
e, racy, and rapidity of learning "
A NOVEL FEATURE IN NAVIG TION. —
he manager of one of the Loedon cir-
c ses created a sensation recently by
t rning out on the Thames in a l) drawn
y four geese. He started froiBatter-
sea on the ebb tide and was conveyed by
bout half a dozen boats to clear ,the way.
he geese proved pretty tractable, fixed
• s they were to the polll of thetub, and
s c
tisfactory progress was made own the
ver. Va-uXhall bridge being saccessful-
I ' shot, Westminster bridge waS reached
bout 3 o'cloek, amid cheers of those as-
embled on the bridge the trip having
een accomplished in about 1 lour and
0 minutes. I
BREACH OF PROMISE Surr. 1 -In the
ourt of Common Pleas, Dublin, recent-
•
I , Mr. Knowles, a wealthy 1!butcher,
ued Mr. and Mrs. Mulligan fo £2,000
r breach of promise of mair iage by
Irs. Malligan when she was allrs. Ver-
:choyle' the widow of an oflie r, and a
1/ dy ofgreat personal attractions, and
ith an income of £600 a year. She
greed to marry Knowles, whore she met
y accident on board a steamer, but
hen all was arranged she broke off the
I, etch without expianation, and married
•ndreve Mulliea.n, Who before his mar -
age was a letter -carrier in the Post
ffice. The jury gave the plaintiff £200
a,mages. ' I
RINDERPEST. —The United States con-
al at Sonneburg, Germany, makes a re
-
art concerning the rinderpest, and says
it
ides, dry, frozen or salted, if Ins= in -
e ted animals, or if infected bY contact,
rry infection to foreign parts. The Ger-
an Government strictly prolii its traf-
i with infected districts,I whe the dis-
se is prevalent within or nea its bor-
. rs, in all articles liable to carr disease.
he poison will attach itself sheep,
oats, dogs, !cats, fowls, pige use hay,
straw, wood, butter, and even e. rth. It
is easily carried about by -clothing, es-
pecially by woolen garments an4 adheres
for a very long time. The Go ernment
compels the destruction of the hides with
the bodies of infected animals, regulates
the intercourse of people andthe move-
ments and use of the animals of infected
places, and enforces a complete isolation
of diseased animals. Sound cattle may
be killed and other property destroyed, a
fair remuneration being made. There
need be no fear of exportation from Ger-
man ports of infected articles. I
THE PAN PRESBYTERIAN CCI.TNCIL.-1
The Pan Presbyterian Council opened at
Edinburgh on july 4th. The Ost meet-
ing of this council was held two years
ago. It was then proposed that the
council should meet every two or three
years. Its object was simply to com-
pare notes. It had no legislative power.
It was expected that the thir(3, meeting
would be held in New York ci y. The
speakers were appointed by a cemmittee
of management, at the head of which
was Prof. Blakely, a membe4 of the
Scotch church and a professor in the
Edinburgh university. There was a
very laige attendance at the opening of
the present council, over four thousahd
persons being present. All the Reform-
ed Churches throu out the wo ld hold-
ing to the Presh. ian systeri and to
the doctrines of 'Calvinism are r present-
ed in this Assembly. All th Presby-
terian Chuches in America ex ept the
Cumberland, which is not Calvinistic in
doctrine, have sent delegates, and many
Presbyterian divines who have , planned
a trip abroad this summer will make it
convenient to attend the meeting of the
Council. On Monday July 9th Professor
Caven of Knox College, Toronto, occupi-
ed the position of President of the Pan -
Presbyterian Council. Papers were read
by ,Rev. Dr. McCosh, of! Princeton, on
the discoveries in science and philosophy,
and by Rev. Dr. Patton, of Chicago, on
infidelity. Rev. Dr. Sloane, of Alle-
gheny, spoke on intemperance in the
United States., The Council adopted a
resolution as to the value of the Sabbath
day, and conduciveness of intemperance
to irreligion.
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Latest War Newsi
FROM ToEsDAV'S DESPATCHES.
There is little news this mornpig from
the seat of war inEurope, and even thatlit-
tle is vague and uncertain. The Russians
in Bulgaria are said to have surprised and
captured the Turkish camp at Tirnova
and to have advanced southwarl to Der -
nova and to Gabrova The Coss cks have
appeared in the neighborhood af Rust-
chuk, and the Roumanians are preparing
for an active demonstration in the direc-
tion of Widin. 'A second army corps is
about to be fermed under the command
of the Grand bake Vladimir, and will op-
erate in the direction of Soha.To the
eastward the', Russian advance k.n ard in
the DobrudsCha has cit the Tch rnavoda
and Kustendji railway, and is advancing
l on the latter town. 4 operations what-
ever are reported on tlre line of the Dan-
ube between Tchernavoda and Itustchuk.
In Asia Minor, the Turks have achieved
a series of unexpected successes, the cause
for which must be sought in the fact that
the Russians in the first instance com-
mitted. the grave error of undervaluing
the enemy's force, and that in the second
place they were :unable to remedy this
mistake by bringing up reinfotcements
owing to the difficulties interposed by,the
blockade of the Black Sea, and the rising
-in the Caucasus. On Friday th el Russian
force in the neighborhood of Baylazid was
citadel
rrender.
Russian
thrown
driven over the frontier, toad th
of the town semmoned to s
Further north at Ardenutsch, a
attacking party was repulsed,an
back on Ardahan, where'a great concen-
tration of troops has been going jon. On
Wednesday last the line betwee Mukh-
tar1 Pasha's headquarters and ars was
completely open and the Russi ns were
withdrawing the bulk of their army in-
cluding their heavy artillery in tie direc-
tion of Alexandropol.- Mustaph Pasha,
i.
the new Governor of Kars, wa • on the
way to that city with a reinf rcement
of 4,000 mem and batteries had been
despatched from Delibaba to reinforce
Mukhtar. It is now stated that in con-
sequence of information received by the
t
reserests
Britieh Government,Ithe Russians inteind
occupying Constantinople at all risks un-
less the Czar's terms are accepted. In the
meantime, the views entertained by cer-
tain members of the Cabinet regarding
the crisis in the East have undergone On-
siderable modification, the result being
that should a more active policy be pro-
posed they will withdraw their oppOsi-
tion. This is'of course, an unauthoritative
statement, but it receives color from the
fact that the squadron in Besika Bay is to
be immediately reinforced.
FROM THURSDAY'S DESPATCHES. 1
The Russian campaign in Asia Minor
has come to a close, the Czar having or-
dered the withdrawal of the trOops from
Turkish Armenia. Gen. Melikoff, the
Russian commander, has sent in his res-
ignation and requested that a court-mar-
tial be held on his conduct of the cam-
paign. The failure is ascribed to hurri-
canes and rain storms, which rendered
the advance of the troops hazardous, hut
is more probably due, as has already ben,
II
pointed out, to, the undervaluation of he
enemy's forcei and the difficulty of tra s-
porting troops the seat of war, to which
may possibly be added the ravages of
disease during the summer months.
' In Bulgaria troops are being concen
trated in the direction of Rustluk, the
Twelfth and Thirteenth Corps having
been formed into a new army cors,
under the command of the Czaroviteli,
with Rustchuk, and subsequently Sh uniia,
as their objective points. The cavalry
of the Twelfth Corps are already in the
immediate vicinity of the fortress, aind
are driving in outlying bodies of Turks,
but are prevented from commencing the
investment by thesabsenee at Bella of the
necessary infantry support. The tactics
of the Turks in abandoning the Jantra'
line of defence where they held a strong,
position is incomprehensible except on
the supposition that they have formed a I
very deep laid plan to surprise the Rus-
sians. This theory would seem to re-
ceive some ground from the fact that the
Ottoman Movements are kept so etrictly
secret, that it is impossible to form any
idea of their intentions.
East Huron Mowing Match.
. The first mowing match under the
auspices of the East Huron Farmers' and
Mechanics' Association was held on
Tuesday last, 10th inst., on the farm
of W. 0. Hingston, Esq., one Mile
north of Brussels, and that gentle-
man deserves credit for the manner , in
which he entertained the company dur-
ing the day. The day was all that coeld
be desired, being cool and dry, and the
field was in good order. All the cern-
petitors expressed themselves well sat-
isfied with the order and system that
prevailed, and with the efforts of the
judges and directors to do strict jus-
tice to all parties so far as lay
in their power. The machines
were tested on the following points :
Evenness of cut, durability, general can-
venience, simplicity, length of cutting
bar, and draught in pounds. At the
head of the following table will be found
the standard number of points of excel-
lence in each qualification, with the hit-
ception of the paints in draught, which
were decided thue : 175 pounds dra.utiht
were allowed for a 50 inch bar, and thive
pounds per inch twere allowed to every
machine for any additional inch of her;
likewise, three pounds per inch were de-
ducted from the standard draught of
those in'which the cutting bar was Un-
der 50 inches; also, any machine that
was over 175 pounds draught, lost at the
rate of one point for every 10 pounds
draught in excess of the above stindard,
and all machines that fell under in
draught were allowed to count one point
for every ten pounds that they registerl
ed tinder 175. The dynamometer used
was a very good and- sensitive one, that
seemed to give entire satisfaction to -all
the competitors, and was kindly furnish-
ed by Mr. Watson, of Ayr. The best of
order and good feeling prevailed during '
the day. The following is the list of
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JUDGES. —Donald McLachlan, Jalopies
Strachan and James Johnston.
—Near Kincardine, the other day, a
tramp came to the house of a fatuier
named John Emerton, ostensibly to ask
Juix 13 1877.
his I way. After he had taken his de-
parture, it was discovered that he had
also taken $40, together with a watch and valuable gold chain, from the
pockets of the oldman, which were
his bedroom. The thief fortunately
diedr e notother
e xaomtir IL on
furtherias there
w
a larger
amount in the '1 same room. The
mthiileefoscaped after being traced a few
. 1
Pert4 Items.
Stratford. has contributed $1,000
to-
wards_TytplibeoSidfe
St. Jovheer hasrelieb
f rkefund.on
out Si;
several places in North Easthope.
—The ceremony'of laying the founda.
tion stone of the new school house at Le-
to
towel took teoroikokpeltacmeaotonhM, poinady aeyd, between
yeutweet
dthe
married and single men of Mitchell, re-
sulted,in a victory for the single men by
13-7Lis
0nDominion bay, theGrand Trunk
agent at Mitchell disposed. of 360 return
tickets to Stratford, 17 to Niagara Falls,
and 1m5etsosrTs.mni
orontob.ero
n and Hord were
elected representatives from the I. 0. O.
F., Mitchell, to the Grand Lodge, which
meets —Mr. Horton,
BHeollretvoin11,of L
e inAuisgtuosw,t.el,raitway
contractor, while Unharnessing his horse
on Wednesday afternoon last week, was
kicked below the, knee, fracturing the
,
bone.visited._
T
Toronto on Monday of last
he Warden and County Treasurer
week, and disposed of the county de-
bentures at 101 net cash, which is a
capital sale.
—Mr. Crozier, teacher of the High
School in Listowel, was recently made
the recipient of a gold watch and chain,
by his Saturday class, whom he has in
training for the approaching. meeting of
the board of education.
--Charles Buchanan, of Elma, was
fined $2, with $4.90 costs, for adultera-
ting his milk deli ered to the Gotham
cheese factory. 4fter the charge was
fully proved he admitted that the milk
had beeo skimmed.
—One of the most successful temper-
ance demonstrations ever held in the
county, took place at Milbank on Domin-
iont day.There were upwards of 3,000
persons in attendance, ancl a number of tal-
ented speakers addressed the large audis
ence on the subject of temperance.
—During the heavy thunder storm
jwhich prevailed on Friday afternoon,
29th ult., the house of Mr. L. S.
Youngs Brooksdale, was struck by
lightning, tearing the lath and plaster
from the rooms and doing considerable
damage,one.amage,but fortunately not injuring
a
—Mr. john As Scott, J. P., Stratford,
has received. a letter from his son, who
left about six weeks ago for the famous
gold regimes in the Black Hills district.
He is lecated near Deadwood city, and.
although he has secured employment, the
picture he draws of the country is not
such as to induce Canadians to make their
way thither.
—On Tuesday afternoon of last week,
Mrs. Walter Walcotne, of Fullerton, was
returning home from Mitchell, when her
horse took fright at an -umbrella and ran
away, throwing Mrs. Welcome out on
the hard' road, and breaking the buggy
and harness. Beyond being badly fright-
ened, the good lady, we are happy to
say, escaped uninjured.
— During the thunder storm of Sat-
urday, June 30, James Kippen, son of
Duncan Kippen, North Easthope, was
standing by a cirenlar saw in a mill in
the neighborhood' of his father's farm,
when he was struck by lightning s.tn_d
instantly killed. The storm was one
'of the most severe experienced in this
rneighborhood for a long time.
—One day lately as a boy about 13
years of age, son :of Mr. Samuel Boyd,
of the 8th Concession, Mornington, was
driving a team on the farm the horses
became unmanageable and the little fel s •
low was thrown from the wagon. With
indomitable pluck the little lad held on
until the team was stopped but was very
much injured, especially about the headt
and face.,
—Wm. Scott and Wm. Paynter, of
Base Line, Blanshitrd, living about seven
miles from St. Marys, were proceeding
homeward from a neighbor's house, about
10 o'cloeIone evening lately, when a bul-
let whist ed over their heads, passing
through Paynter'e hat, and knocking it
off. Three more Shots were fired ,after-
wards, mine of which, however, took ef-
fect. The parties -who did the shooting
wereseen, but were not identified.
.—During a recent thunder storm the
lightning struck be house of Widow
Malloyeat Kinkora'entering the chim-
,
\'ney, traing up th floor, and singing the
carpet et the rooril in which Mrs. Mal-
loyaves sitting at the time running her
sewing machine. I Being startled she
made for the door leading out of the
house, out of which she fell to the ground
in a fainting fit. ; Luckily no one was
hurt seriously. 1
—At the annual examination of the
pupils of 'the Sacred Heart Academy,
Londoo, the blue ribbon, a much valued
distinction, was aWarded to Miss Lizzie
Crcorani Stratfdrd. Miss Corcoran
al4o received firart premiums for dili-
gence, compositio t, history, and recita-
tion; accessit to; the premiums for
geography and arithmetic;jin the
third French coarse, premium for dili-
tgre
ansa
ncelriod.n.accessiti to the premium for
k—That " misfo tunes do not com0e
singly" is exemplified in the ease of Rev.
Dr. Waters, late ef St. Marys. While
he was attending the General' Assembly
at Halifax; the otper week, his church
and manse were destroyed.- by the great
fire in St. John. Some of his personal
effects were rescued, but his loss, not-
withstanding wasjvery heavy. On Fri-
day, 29th ult., the residence of Dr.
Waters' father, in the township of West
' Williams, was struck by lightning and
burned to the ground.
—Mr.' C. Terry, of Mitchell, came
very near being scalped. in Stratford on
Dominionl Day, not by the tomahawk of
the Indian, but through a foolish freak
of his own. He engaged in a boy's race,
one feature of which was that the con-
testants were to p ss on their " fours "
through a flour b ire]. In his desire to
get through first, erry made a desper-
ate plunge for the barrel, but not having
lowered his head s fficiently it struck on
the sharp ends of he staves, tearing the
scalp completely from the skull. The
injured man is progressing favorably.
—A boy in St. Marys, named Thomas
May, about 15 years of age, had his right
ham?. almost crushed in two a few days
ago 'by a large " trip " hammer, used
for etamping tin. The hammer was rais-
ed, and May's attention being calkd
away by a, fellow Svorkman, he happened
to put his ihand, while looking around,di-
10. 1877.
reetly under the rapidly
weight, which struck the hen
force as to crush it almost c
two. Owing to rnortificati
set in the whole hand had
tasted, and the boy is in
state.
—The examination of pu
trance to the High School
was held on Tuesday and We
week. There were altogethe
applicants, a considerable n
from the rural districts.
—One Sunday recently
clergyman, acting on the pr
a merciful man is mere'
beast," went to the stable to
horses were properly treated,
of them -suddenly uprose, an
so trod on the reverend gentle
arushino6one of the toes. H
alarm, he disturbed no s
coolly took out a pocket knit'
ered the injured part from th
operation was somewhat pa,
was good discipline for
and a convincing proof that
be his own surgeon in a ease
necessity.
Huron Notes.
Mr. Robert Broa.dfoot,
has flax growing en his farm w
urea 50 inches in length.
—Mr. Benjamin Nailer, o
earliest settlers of the townsh
ris, died, at his residence -on t
in the -62nd year of his age.
—The contract for repair -in
daty line between Morris- a
leading to Myth, has been
James Gillespie and Jelah
Myth, for the sum of $160.
—An old lady named Gre
sides in the vicinity of Myth
years, weighs 195 pounds, a
days ago walked four and a h-
one_hourarndnaquaarter.
onWednesday
morning
W. McDougall, of Stephen
Manitoba. He intends, bet
ing, taking a thorough survey o
with a view of taking up land
—Mr. James Leech is now
erecting the first three storey
Gorriet It is to be a. banded
and will much improve the
of the business part of the vill
—Mr. David Grant, of the
cession of Grey, has spring 3,V
uring four feet four inche5.
Ha'penny, of the same townt
ten acre field of flax which aVe
feet in
—On Tuesday
day of last week:
Taylor, of the let -coacessior
with his yoke of oxen, and SI
lock and John Kerr, legged ox
of Mr. Alexander McDonaN
a half acres in al -out three t
hours.
—Mr. Alex. McDonald, whi
the opening of the London,
Bruce Railway, filled the posi
sistant to Mr. Hayden, statioi
Exeter, left on Tuesday eveni
gersoll, where he has received
munerative situation.
—On Wednesday of last
Alex. Laird, of Orangehell
township, was assisting at a
foot slipped; and he fell to tilt
dista,nce of about eight feet. ,
struck the ground on his • aid
himself severely. He is doipt
could be races
held
expected.
_Thea
on the Ex
ing Park, on the 2nd and Sr
, were very successful. There.
40 horses entered, among w
several of the best in the Prov
various races were eagerly
contested, and interested..
pleased with: the proceedings,
tendance of apeetators, especi
first day, was very large.
—To their already large eau
business, Messrs. Scott & 13
Wingham Furniture Factory.,
ed the business of undertaltha
particulars. A first-class h
been procured, and they wills-
- ed at all times to furnish st
Funerals will be furnished tl
and attended to on reasonable"
—The Wingham Presbyterii
is now undergoing the piecess
moat, and Messrs. Cooper, th
tors, are pushing the work:
necessary speed. It is exi
work will be fully completed t
-the pastor, Rev. Mr. MeQ,
turns from the General. As
Halifax, which will be about:
A ug ut
—Miss Lottie Policy, daugl
A: M. Polley, Goderich; earri
second prizes in arithmetic,
and Scripture history, at the
aminations in the Brantford I
lege. Miss Maud Widder, ab
ermh, was awarded; at the si
ination, first prize in British 1
s7sciOonn.darithmetic in the
v
—Last week Messrs. A. 111
ler, Lawson and &radian, of
• ship of Colborne, were attae
sudden illness after partakin
fresh mutton In the fermer's
the tenth concession. It is
the meat had been poisone
lighting on it after partakie
poison." Dr. Taylor is
and the men are recoyering.
—Jane Ballentine, of Coin
killed on the -2nd inst., by be
by a cow. She was etranloyi
premises of Mrs. Glasgow,
on t
Hill gravel road, and, hadbee
to take a calf from its Mother.
so the cow tossed her with its
she was almost instantly Julie
ing her head on a log in fa
19Xnuasehabroel:pte5c0teyde, years
s-
Inaurance Company, at its r
old, hides
—The Howick Farmers' M
June -30, received apnlicatio
policies, covering risks ems
$90,165. The policies of thn
when these are issued, will bt
-amounting to over $800,000.
dertakinge, or what is genera
the premium notes, will amu
-round. numbers, $40,000. T.
pense this year is but $3. T
feeling prevails at the board
-oacesharp eye is being kept, h
the risks, and lively debate
ur.s,
—The Papal Zouaves, wls
an excursion on the Ottawa 1
pany's steamer "Queen Vi
Monday last week, hauled
Union Jack from its plate at
and hoisted the Papal flag.
the steamer had started. Cal
mons noticed the change and. -
couple of hie men to take the
and put up the steamer's ow
the action of the Zouaves
The men refusing to obey hit
and did it himself, when he